Dennis Harter: High School Technology & Learning Coordinator, International School BangkokBlog: http://dharter.edublogs.orgTwitter: dharter
Live Blogging Alan November's Keynote at EARCOS Admin
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Leading a Tribe
I’ve read a lot of books in the past three years…..ok….for me personally it’s been a lot of reading. This one I didn’t actually read. I listened to it ($5.59 via iTunes). But being an auditory learner….that’s better than reading anyway. This one though, this book, hit me a little deeper than others. It might be where I’m at right […]
Shanhai LAN Party conversation
Here are the two videos that Jonathan Chambers put together from the K12online LAN party in Shanghai today. As we were wrapping up, Jonathan asked everyone to turn on their iCam and just let it record. Before everyone left Jonathan gathered the video and created these great YouTubes that get to the heart of what we discussed today. Part 1 […]
New Schools
I have to say, I was feeling a little bummed out that Shanghai was holding it’s LAN parties and I wasn’t going to be a part of them. My school here in Bangkok is on break for the week, so with everyone on vacation, it just wasn’t happening here this year. Of course little did I remember that in today’s […]
Systematic Change: Part 1
(What follows is the thinking of many people that I have the pleasure to work with every day. It is my hope that I can put into words, for myself, how we are trying to bring systematic change to our school in hopes that you might be able to use a piece of it to bring change within your organization […]
Preparing for November
My wife left early this morning for Hawaii. I know…completely lost on her. From Bangkok to Hawaii….. She’s off to visit a friend, one of the benefits of taking a year off from working and having frequent flier miles to spend. So that leaves me with a week of no school and time to myself to prepare for what has […]
Thai Teaching Cert: Module 1 Society and Wisdom
(No, we’re not taking these in order) Buddhism in Thailand No belief in a god that created the world Buddhist believe do good things, be good person, and you will be rewarded Experience enlightenment to break the cycle of birth, disease, death, rebirth Teach patience and give consideration to everything you do to be a good person Monks believe should […]
I’m done with the 21st Century!
I know it’s the largest word in my tag cloud on this blog….but really I’m over it now. I have come to hate the phrase “21st Century” whatever: Learner, Thinking, Teacher, Skills. Has anyone noticed it’s 2008…well 79 days until 2009! We’re 9 years (depending on how you count) into the 21st Century and we’re still calling for 21st Century […]
First quarter reflection
Friday marked the end to the first quarter of the school year at ISB. As my first quarter here comes to a close I’ve started to reflect on the experience so far. There is a reason why international schools make you sign a two year contract. It takes at least a year to get your feet on the ground, to […]